By April, the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce plans to take a position in favor of or against increased state funding for all levels of education, including support for NIU. Chamber President Tim Lehan said the chamber is gathering information about the funding...

The Campus Activities Board has failed to make a profit on films for the past two years. CAB president Tracy Stitzel said CAB films inherited a deficit from last year and this year films have only broken even. Even though a movie might make money, those...

NIU is on the verge of easing the campus parking problem with plans to create five new parking lots within the next year, but parking permit fees will be increased. The five new lots would create about 810 new parking spaces on campus, according to NIU...

NIU Cine Club and Ars Nova will sponsor the Best of the 26th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival tonight from 7 to 11:30 in the Visual Arts Building auditorium room 100. Cine Club President Lisa Gosciejew said, "It's the oldest 16mm film festival in North...

The committee planning the Holmes Student Center tower's new design will meet at 2 p.m. in the student center's Illinois Room to discuss specifics for the tower's schematic design. Conrad Miller, physical plant project manager, said committee members...

A representative of citizens against building the Superconducting Super Collider in Illinois asked the Student Association Sunday to oppose the collider's location in Illinois. The senate has not taken a position on the issue. SA Sen. Jana Stringfellow...

Most students who use the Huskie Bus Line are satisified with the services, a Student Association Mass Transit Board bus survey revealed. Graduate Assistant Mary Hermsen said students indicated in general they are satisfied toward the busing system. Hermsen...

WASHINGTON (AP)—In a move that reportedly shocked Attorney General Edwin Meese III, the Justice Department's No. 2 official and the head of the department's criminal division both abruptly resigned Tuesday amid a nearly year-old criminal investigation...

NIU President John LaTourette said his recently-established advisory council of area corporate executives will help NIU become what he called a "modern land grant university." LaTourette said he put together his 15-member presidential advisory council...

The NIU Art Gallery in Chicago is hosting the "Outsider Art from Europe" collection until April 23, Gallery Director Michael Flanagan said. The NIU Art Gallery is located at 212 W. Superior St. The collection is comprised of about 60 art pieces created...

It's been four months since NIU quarterback Marshall Taylor ended his junior season lying on the Nevada-Las Vegas turf with a broken left ankle. Taylor, who piled up 209 yards on 14 carries in that season-ending 34-31 Huskie win, has since gone through...

The Regency universities, including NIU, are continuing their efforts to push for a statewide tax increase by informing the public of the need for higher education funding next year. Board of Regents Chancellor Roderick Groves said advocacy initiatives...